Matches on TV
| Sunderland's Results | |||
| Aug 26 | Huddersfield Town | 1 - 1 | H |
| Aug 23 | Burnley | 0 - 2 | A |
| Aug 16 | West Ham United | 3 - 0 | H |
| Sunderland's Fixtures | |||
| Aug 30 | Brentford | H | |
| Sep 13 | Crystal Palace | A | |
| Sep 21 | Aston Villa | H | |
| Premier League Table | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Nottm Forest | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Man City | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Bournemouth | 2 | -1 | 3 |